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Important women in science: Aletta Jacobs

Aletta Jacobs

 

 "Don't you guys notice that there are only busts of male doctors here?"

On weekends throughout March, Women's Month, Buenos Aires hosted an audio theater tour about Dutch physician and feminist Aletta Jacobs. Guide Lucia Aduriz says this theater piece comes at the right time for Argentina because there is still plenty for the Argentine women's movement to fight for. Read more about the play, Argentine's macho culture, and why Aletta Jacobs is an important role model in this report from the NRC.